Buy London 2012 Olympic Tickets

Olympic tickets to go on sale 15 March 2011, Paralympic tickets to go on sale 9 September 2011 (and the process is open until April 26 2011)

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has confirmed that tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games will go on sale on Tuesday 15 March 2011 and Paralympic Games tickets will go on sale on Friday 9 September 2011.

The process for Olympic Games tickets will be open for six weeks, enabling you to consider your options before making your final choices and submitting your application.  Applications will close on 26 April 2011 and all oversubscribed sessions will be allocated via a ballot process.

Applications can be made at any point during the 6 week application period – it is not a first come, first served process.

LOCOG will announce full details of the purchasing process and the finalised schedule for all 650 sport sessions in February 2011.  The two million people who have already signed up to the London 2012 ticketing database –www.tickets.london2012.com will receive all the information about how to apply and those who have registered will be able to use their existing log-in details to access the application process.

Further details of the application process for Paralympic tickets will be announced later this year, with prices announced in May 2011.

LOCOG Chair Sebastian Coe commented: ‘On 15 March, the application process opens to be part of the greatest show on earth.  This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the world’s greatest athletes going for gold in the UK – a chance for people to see their favourite sport and perhaps try a new one.  Our message today is simple – mark the date in your diary and sign up to our ticketing site at www.tickets.london2012.com to receive all the information you need to help you with the process.’

A total of 7.7 million tickets will be available for the Olympic Games and a further 1.5 million for the Paralympic Games.

When tickets for both events go on sale, they will continue to be obtainable – subject to availability – until the start of every event.

Organizers have stressed that Olympic tickets will be priced fairly, and you’ll also get free travel on London’s public transport network – including the Tube (London Underground) and world-famous buses – with your ticket.

In fact, those in charge have actually gone one better by announcing proposals to ‘recycle’ tickets to fill any empty seats at the Games.

This is something that already happens at the Wimbledon tennis championships every summer, where departing spectators hand over their day tickets for re-use.

And don’t forget…there will also be some events where you won’t even need Olympic tickets which you can enjoy away from the Olympic Stadium, including the road cycling, triathlon and marathon.